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Vitebsk region : statistics

Indices of the main social and economic indicators (in per cent to the preceding year)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Population (as of the end of the year)	100,1	99,0	99,1
Average annual employment in economics	100,1	100,1	101,0
Industrial product	112,4	110,3	111,9	102,7
Manufacture of consumer goods	115,8	110,4	111,9	108,1
Foodstuffs	112,7	112,0	114,9	107,6
Nonfoods	120,0	110,4	109,1	107.9
Agricultural products	112,3	101,5	106,4	106,3
Investments in capital assets	136,6	104,7	120,2	121,3

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The main industrial performances *

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Quantity of enterprises	859			912
Volume of production (in actual prices), billion roubles	8385	11464	14371	17044
in per cent to 1990	96,0	105,9	118,5	121,7
in percent to 1995	176,9	195,1	218,3	224,2
in per cent to preceding year	112,4	110,3	111,9	102,7
Quantity of operative personnel	124,2	123,6	122,6	123,5
production workers including	97,4
Income from sales of product, work, services (in actual prices), billion roubles	745,6	992,7	1142,4	738,6
Profitability of sold product, work, services; per cent	14,3	15,5	15,5	7,0
Reduction (-), increase of expenses per one thousand roubles of produce; in percent to preceding year	-2,9	-3,0	2,2	5,9

* - The indices are given in comparable prices
** - Taking account of denomination (a thousand times decrease)

Indices of total production volume by branches of industry (in comparable prices; in per cent to preceding year)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Industry as a whole	112,4	110,3	111,9	102,7
including:
power industry	115,8	105,7	97,4	107,8
fuel industry	108,5	113,1	123,5	99,6
chemical and petrochemical industries	105,8	106,9	103,6	106,1
engineering and metal-working industries	134,3	112,7	106,8	96,4
timber industry, woodworking industry and pulp and paper industry	134,6	110,4	99,4	104,9
construction materials	112,8	109,0	113,8	108,9
light industry	111,6	108,8	101,5	102,3
food industry	112,8	108,1	105,7	106,4

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Indices of production volume in agriculture (in comparative prices)

	2000*	2004	2008
All types of farms
in percent to 1995	93,0	110,3
in per cent to preceding year	107,8	112,3
including agricultural and any other organizations
in percent to 1995	93,7	111,7
in per cent to preceding year	113,8	116,4

* Starting from 2000 in annual average sale prices of the preceding year

The main investments and construction indicators *

	2004**	2006	2008
Putting capital (basic) assets into operation; billion roubles	1233,3	1873,7
in percent to 1995	232,0	276,3
in per cent to preceding year	161,2	117,1
Investments in capital assets, billion roubles	1308,3	1971,0
in percent to 1995	185,7	230,3
in per cent to preceding year	136,6	120,2
Volume of contractual work, billion roubles	685,0	1172,2
in percent to 1995	149,3	194,6
in per cent to preceding year	124,6	119,2

* - Cost parameters are given in actual prices; comparable prices
** - Cost parameters taking account of denomination (a thousand times decrease)

The main indices of foreign trade (million USD)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Volume of foreign trade	3067,8	3364,2	4067,3	5318,2
exports of goods	1640,6	2008,3	2374,0	3135,7
imports of goods	1427,2	1355,9	1693,3	2182,5
balance	213,4	652,4	680,7	953,2
With CIS member-countries	1725,3	1634,1	1998,2	2598,1
exports of goods	616,0	560,2	658,4	861,7
imports of goods	1109,3	1073,9	1339,8	1736,4
balance	-493,3	-513,7	-681,4	-874,7
Including with Russia	1614,3	1513,4	1852,3	2397,2
exports of goods	532,4	476,3	562,4	726,5
imports of goods	1081,9	1037,1	1289,9	1670,7
balance	-549,5	-560,8	-727,5	-944,2
Including CIS nonmembers	1342,5	1730,1	2069,1	2720,1
exports of goods	1024,6	1448,1	1715,6	2274,0
imports of goods	317,9	282,0	353,5	4461
balance	706,7	1161,1	1362,1	1827,9
Including EC member-countries	1184,7	1532,1	1694,1	2387,1
exports of goods	950,3	1357,2	1478,1	2095,5
imports of goods	233,8	174,9	216,0	291,6
balance	716,5	1182,3	1262,1	1803,9

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Foreign trade with certain countries outside CIS (million USD)

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Foreign trade with certain countries outside CIS (million USD)

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The population of area

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Population (as of the end of the year) – total, thousand people	1307,4	1294,7	1283,2	1273,3
Population under the working age, thousand people	211,9	202,2	194,7	189,1
Able-bodied citizens, thousand people	793,9	793,4	790,6	785,5
Population older than working age, thousand people	301,6	299,1	297,9	298,7
Average annual employment in economics, thousand people	542,7	543,3	548,9	551,9

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Manpower (thousand people; average annual)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Manpower – total	806,3	807,4	806,8	805,8
including:
able-bodied population at the working age	777,0	777,3	776,2	773,3
persons older or under the working age, employed in economics	29,3	30,1	30,6	32,5
From the total manpower
economically active population	560,6	555,3	559,4	560,1
including:
employed population	542,7	543,3	548,9	551,9
unemployed	17,9	12,0	10,5	8,2

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Distribution of the population by ownership patterns * (average annual)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Employed in economics – total, thousand people	542,7	543,3	548,9	551,9
including, by ownership patterns:
state-owned	345,6	305,1	306,1	304,9
private	235,2	235,5	239,8	243,5
including: mixed ownership with foreign participation	8,6	9,0	9,6	10,2
foreign	2,9	2,7	3,0	3,5
in per cent to the total:
Employed in economics – total, %	100	100	100	100	100
including, by ownership patterns:
state-owned	56,1	56,2	55,8	55,2
private	43,4	43,3	43,7	44,1
including: mixed ownership with foreign participation	1,6	1,7	1,7	1,8
foreign	0,5	0,5	0,5	0,7

* Data on ownership patterns is given in compliance with the current legislation of the Republic of Belarus